FABRIC CREPED ABSORBENT SHEET WTH VARIABLE LOCAL BASIS WEIGHT

摘要

An absorbent cellulosic sheet having variable local basis weight includes a papermaking-fiber reticulum provided with (i) a plurality of cross-machin e direction (CD) extending, fiber-enriched pileated regions of relatively hi gh local basis weight interconnected by (ii) a plurality of elongated densif ied regions of compressed papermaking fibers. The elongated densified region s have relatively low local basis weight and are generally oriented along th e machine direction (MD) of the sheet and have an MD/CD aspect ratio of at l east 1.5. The products are most preferably prepared by way of a compactive d ewatering/wet crepe process.